NETWORK UPDATE: NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.0, while ABC’s remained at 1.6.

Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was all sports at the top of Saturday’s cable ratings. ESPN’s afternoon game took the crown at 2.35 (later games were at 2.21/1.10, and the early game was at 0.90), with TBS’s primetime National League MLB PLAYOFFS game at 2.26 and Fox Sports 1’s afternoon American League game at 0.58. Adult Swim’s anime line-up remained strong: DRAGON BALL Z (not on the chart, as it’s a quasi-original) jumped 0.12 from last week to 0.74 with 1.65M total viewers, AKAME GA KILL rose a tenth to 0.59, PARASYTE was up 0.07 to 0.50, MICHIKO & HATCHINI ticked up to 0.42 (with 981K viewers), NARUTO held at 0.40 (906K viewers), ONE PIECE was up a hundredth to 0.37 (806K viewers), and KILL LA KILL was similarly up to 0.34 (748K viewers). Disney aired GIRL MEETS WORLD for a 0.61. HBO’s AMY SCHUMER: LIVE AT THE APOLLO scored 0.42 (although that was below the 0.57 for its lead-in, the premiere of the theatrical movie TAKEN 3). On BBCAmerica, DOCTOR WHO lost 0.05 to 0.31, and THE LAST KINGDOM fell 0.04 to 0.07/241K. Syfy’s movie THEY FOUND HELL was at 0.30, and Hallmark’s OCTOBER KISS was at 0.29. On Starz, SURVIVOR’S REMORSE dropped 0.04 to 0.08 (235K viewers) and BLUNT TALK fell 0.02 to 0.05 (136K viewers).

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

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Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday October 17, 2015

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L

ESPN

3:28 PM

24

2.35

7,398

2

MLB NLCS: NLCS CHICAGO/NEW YORK METS 1

TBS NETWORK

8:00 PM

193

2.26

7,891

3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: FLORIDA/LSU

ESPN

7:24 PM

202

2.21

6,777

4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: ARIZONA STATE/UTAH

ESPN

10:46 PM

179

1.10

3,059

5

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPN

3:18 PM

10

0.95

2,961

6

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: LOUISVILLE/FLORIDA STATE

ESPN

12:01 PM

197

0.90

2,852

7

COLLEGE GAMEDAY L: N/A

ESPN

9:00 AM

181

0.69

2,010

8

GIRL MEETS WORLD

DISNEY CHANNEL

8:30 PM

30

0.61

2,876

9

AKAME GA KILL

ADULT SWIM

12:30 AM

30

0.59

1,372

10

MLB AL CHAMPIONS SERIES L: TORONTO/KANSAS CITY 2

FOX SPORTS 1

4:00 PM

210

0.58

2,657

11

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN

1:45 AM

60

0.58

1,279

12

TAKEN 3

HBO PRIME

8:00 PM

109

0.57

1,615

13

INSIDE THE MLB

TBS NETWORK

11:13 PM

40

0.55

1,636

14

MLB ON DECK PREGAME SHOW

TBS NETWORK

7:30 PM

30

0.54

1,873

15

PARASYTE- THE MAXIM

ADULT SWIM

1:00 AM

30

0.50

1,173

16

SPORTSCENTER MORNING L

ESPN

2:45 AM

60

0.44

914

17

AMY SCHUMER:AT THE APOLLO

HBO PRIME

10:01 PM

57

0.42

1,088

18

JAKE AND THE NEVER LAND P

DISNEY CHANNEL

8:00 AM

25

0.41

1,742

19

COPS (O)

SPIKE TV

8:00 PM

30

0.41

1,126

20

GHOST ADVENTURES

TRAVEL CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.40

874

21

MILES FROM TOMORROWLAND

DISNEY CHANNEL

8:30 AM

30

0.39

1,674

22

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD

ESPN

3:45 AM

45

0.36

746

23

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: OREGON/WASHINGTON

ESPN2

10:38 PM

206

0.33

1,211

24

NFL MATCH-UP

ESPN

4:30 AM

30

0.32

642

25

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.32

843

26

DOCTOR WHO SEASON 9

BBC-AMERICA

9:00 PM

60

0.31

910

27

PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER UNITED/EVERTON

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

9:57 AM

134

0.31

574

28

SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: THEY FOUND HELL

SYFY

9:00 PM

120

0.30

840

29

HALL ORIGINAL MOVIE: OCTOBER KISS

HALLMARK CHANNEL

9:00 PM

120

0.29

2,586

30

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

12:00 AM

60

0.29

780

31

PIONEER WOMAN

FOOD NETWORK

10:00 AM

30

0.28

1,367

32

FOX SPORTS LIVE L

FOX SPORTS 1

7:30 PM

60

0.28

986

33

NICKS ULTIMATE HALLOWEEN

NICKELODEON

8:00 PM

60

0.28

1,357

34

PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

9:40 AM

17

0.28

494

35

SCCOBY-DOO:MMM

THE CARTOON NETWORK

6:00 PM

109

0.27

1,392

36

POWER RANGERS DINO

NICKELODEON

12:00 PM

30

0.27

1,074

37

TIME MACHINE: ALCATRAZ: SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

HISTORY

9:00 PM

123

0.26

1,001

38

HOUSE HUNTERS

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:00 PM

30

0.26

1,357

39

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

10:00 PM

60

0.24

850

40

POKEMON THE SERIES XY

THE CARTOON NETWORK

8:00 AM

30

0.24

1,113

41

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

1:00 AM

60

0.24

641

42

PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/TOTTENHAM

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

7:39 AM

121

0.24

453

43

IYANLA, FIX MY LIFE

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

9:00 PM

60

0.24

821

44

KITCHEN AT FN, THE

FOOD NETWORK

11:00 AM

60

0.23

1,184

45

BREAK

HBO PRIME

9:49 PM

12

0.23

656

46

FATAL VOWS

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.23

758

47

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: TCU/IOWA STATE

ESPN2

7:00 PM

218

0.23

849

48

HELL HOUSE

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

9:00 PM

60

0.22

814

49

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

9:00 PM

60

0.22

775

50

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: NEBRASKA/MINNESOTA

ESPN2

3:34 PM

198

0.22

970

51

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L

ESPNEWS

7:09 PM

18

0.22

604

52

DINERS, DRIVE INS & DIVES

FOOD NETWORK

2:00 AM

60

0.20

477

53

SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A

ESPN

7:00 AM

120

0.20

628

54

UNWRAPPED 2.0

FOOD NETWORK

8:30 PM

30

0.20

779

55

SONIC BOOM

THE CARTOON NETWORK

7:00 AM

30

0.20

719

56

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPN2

2:04 AM

60

0.18

456

57

UNWRAPPED 2.0

FOOD NETWORK

8:00 PM

30

0.18

670

58

MLB ALCS PRE GAME L

FOX SPORTS 1

3:36 PM

24

0.18

611

59

TIME MACHINE: ALCATRAZ: SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH

HISTORY

1:01 AM

123

0.18

610

60

PREMIER LG LIVE STUDIO

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

12:11 PM

21

0.17

316

61

BET HIP HOP AWARDS: BET HIP HOP AWARDS 15 EN3

BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TV

8:00 PM

150

0.16

401

62

MARILUS SIMPLE GOOD FOOD

FOOD NETWORK

12:00 PM

30

0.16

808

63

TAKEN 3

HBO PRIME

1:30 AM

109

0.16

480

64

COLL FOOTBALL: BIG 12 L: TEXAS TECH/KANSAS

FOX SPORTS 1

12:00 PM

216

0.14

417

65

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: IOWA/NORTHWESTERN

ESPN2

12:01 PM

208

0.14

504

66

PITBULLS AND PAROLEES

ANIMAL PLANET

10:02 PM

62

0.14

528

67

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS: EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS

HBO PRIME

12:45 PM

150

0.14

332

68

BURN AFTER READING

HBO PRIME

4:20 AM

95

0.14

297

69

COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP

COMEDY CENTRAL

11:30 PM

94

0.14

413

70

BRUNCH AT BOBBYS

FOOD NETWORK

8:00 AM

30

0.13

394

71

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AFT L: VIRGINIA TECH/MIAMI (FL)

ESPNU

3:30 PM

201

0.13

437

72

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRIME L: BOSTON COLLEGE/CLEMSON

ESPNU

7:03 PM

199

0.13

465

73

PAW PATROL

NICK JR

11:00 AM

30

0.12

724

74

MUTT & STUFF

NICK JR

12:00 PM

30

0.12

623

75

BLAZE

NICK JR

12:30 PM

30

0.12

631

76

LIGA MX L: TIGRES / PACHUCA

UNIVISION DEPORTES

7:58 PM

121

0.12

276

77

GET ON UP: GET ON UP

HBO PRIME

3:30 PM

138

0.12

247

78

OPRAH: WHERE ARE THEY NOW

OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

10:00 PM

60

0.11

488

79

SHIMMER AND SHINE

NICK JR

11:30 AM

30

0.11

635

80

COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP

COMEDY CENTRAL

1:04 AM

65

0.11

356

81

MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP

DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL

11:30 AM

30

0.10

328

82

X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

HBO PRIME

10:00 AM

131

0.10

201

83

BASEBALL TONIGHT

ESPN2

3:04 AM

30

0.10

245

84

MSNBC INVESTIGATES

MSNBC

10:00 PM

60

0.10

431

85

WEEKEND EXPRESS

HLN

7:00 AM

60

0.10

362

86

COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP

COMEDY CENTRAL

2:09 AM

60

0.10

337

87

SPORTSCENTER WEEKEND-AM L: N/A

ESPN2

9:00 AM

181

0.10

259

88

COMEDY CENTRAL STAND-UP

COMEDY CENTRAL

3:09 AM

91

0.10

321

89

HBO FIRST LOOK

HBO PRIME

3:15 PM

12

0.09

220

90

PREMIER LEAGUE L: ASTON VILLA/CHELSEA

USA NETWORK

10:00 AM

121

0.09

212

91

MOST TERRIFYING PLACES IN

TRAVEL CHANNEL

5:00 PM

60

0.09

291

92

JUPITER ASCENDING: JUPITER ASCENDING

MAXPRIME

10:00 PM

127

0.09

278

93

PAID PROGRAM

USA NETWORK

7:00 AM

30

0.09

260

94

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPNU

3:15 PM

15

0.09

227

95

FUTBOL LIGA MX: LEON VS. UNAM 10/17

NBC UNIVERSO

9:00 PM

124

0.09

207

96

LOVE & BASKETBALL: LOVE & BASKETBALL

MAXPRIME

10:30 AM

124

0.09

226

97

COLL FTBL SCOREBOARD L

ESPNU

6:51 PM

12

0.09

294

98

JUSTICE W/ JUDGE JEANINE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

9:00 PM

60

0.08

874

99

NASCAR XFINITY RACE L: KANSAS

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

4:19 PM

153

0.08

971

100

COLL FOOTBALL: PAC 12 L: ARIZONA/COLORADO

FOX SPORTS 1

9:00 PM

228

0.08

288

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.